Discussion Papers

Martin Brown, Hans Degryse, Daniel Höwer and Maria Fabiana Penas (2012), How Do Banks Screen Innovative Firms? Evidence from Start-Up Panel Data, ZEW Discussion Paper No.12-032 Mannheim. Download (PDF, not accessible, 373 KB)

Block, Jörn, Karsten Kohn, Danny Miller and Katrin Ullrich (2014), Necessity Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy, IZA Discussion Paper No. 8219, Bonn  (forthcoming in: Small Business Economics). Download (PDF, not accessible,149 KB)

Sandra Gottschalk, Francis J. Greene, Daniel Höwer and Bettina Müller (2014), If You Don't Succeed, Should You Try Again? The Role of Entrepreneurial Experience in Venture Survival, ZEW Discussion Paper No.14-009 Mannheim. Download (PDF, not accessible, 233 KB)

Helmut Fryges, Bettina Müller and Michaela Niefert (2013), Job Machine, Think Tank, or Both – What Makes Corporate Spinoffs Different?, ZEW Discussion Paper No.13-093 Mannheim. Download (PDF, not accessible, 245 KB)

Goldbach, Stefan (2012), Innovation and Education: Is there a "Nerd Effect"?, Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics 210. Download (PDF, not accessible, 376 KB)

Helmut Fryges, Karsten Kohn and Katrin Ullrich (2012), The Interdependence of R&D Activity and Debt Financing of Young Firms, ZEW Discussion Paper No.12-016 Mannheim. Download (PDF, not accessible, 373 KB)

Sandra Gottschalk and Michaela Niefert (2011), Gender Differences in Business Success of German Start-up Firms, ZEW Discussion Paper No.11-019 Mannheim. Download (PDF, not accessible, 202 KB)

Sandra Gottschalk, Kathrin Schopen and Michaela Niefert (2009), Founder's Human Capital, Entry Strategies and Start-Up Size, ZEW Discussion Paper No.09-030 Mannheim. Download (PDF, not accessible, 151 KB)

Helmut Fryges, Sandra Gottschalk and Kohn Karsten (2009), The KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel: Design and Research Potential, ZEW Discussion Paper No.09-053 Mannheim. Download (PDF, not accesssible, 130 KB)